{"product_id":"the-blind-spot-jacqueline-lichtenstein-9780892368921","title":"The Blind Spot: An Essay on the Relations Between Painting and Sculpture in the Modern Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing on the work of René Descartes, Roger de Piles, Denis Diderot, Charles Baudelaire, and Émile Zola, among others, \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Spot\u003c\/i\u003e lets readers eavesdrop on an energetic and contentious conversation that preoccupied French intellectuals for three hundred years. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning in the seventeenth century, the greatest French writers and artists became embroiled in a debate that turned on the priority of painting or sculpture, touch or sight, color or design, ancients or moderns. Jacqueline Lichtenstein guides readers through these historic quarrels, decoding the key terms of the heated discussions and revealing how the players were influenced by the concurrent explosion of scientific discoveries concerning the senses of sight and touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacqueline Lichtenstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0892368926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780892368921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Getty Research Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/10\/2008 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2009","brand":"Jacqueline Lichtenstein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48443737571583,"sku":"9780892368921","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c90d3f4e-6db8-4b8c-8600-3522f02fed1d.jpg?v=1777207498","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-blind-spot-jacqueline-lichtenstein-9780892368921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}